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web3 Namespace

The web3 API provides utility functions for the web3 client.

web3_clientVersion

Get the web3 client version.

ClientMethod invocation
RPC{"method": "web3_clientVersion"}

Example

// > {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[]}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"reth/v0.0.1/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"}

web3_sha3

Get the Keccak-256 hash of the given data.

ClientMethod invocation
RPC{"method": "web3_sha3", "params": [bytes]}

Example

// > echo -n "rust is awesome" | xxd -p
7275737420697320617765736f6d65
// > {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x7275737420697320617765736f6d65"]}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xe421b3428564a5c509ac118bad93a3b84485ec3f927e214b0c4c23076d4bc4e0"}